Browseabout Book Club 2011 - 2012
All meetings are on the third Sunday of the month at 3:30 pm. When making your purchase, please let the staff member know you are a member in order to receive 10% off books for the discussion. Hot beverages are available at half price for members during discussions – again, please notify the employee. Come to one discussion or come to them all!
September 18th: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
October 16th: Room by Emma Donoghue
November 20th: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
December 18th: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
January 15th: Mystery month! And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie will be used as a basis and a model, and each of you are invited to share a mystery title with the group.
February 10th: The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam
March 18th: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
April 15th: When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle
May 20th: The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812981223
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2/2011
Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village
in the English countryside, is filled with rolling hills, thatched
cottages, and contains a cast of characters both original
and as familiar as the members of readers' own families. Their
interactions are both hilarious and heartbreaking.
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316098328
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Published: Back Bay Books, 6/2011
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, "Room" is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
$20.25
ISBN-13: 9781400064168
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Published: Random House, 11/2010
In her long-awaited new book, Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in "Seabiscuit." Telling an unforgettable story of a young lieutenant's journey into extremity, "Unbroken" is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780060736262
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2/2005
A true American classic first published in 1943, this is the tale of a little girl living in the slums of Brooklyn, who dreamily watches out her window as a tree struggles to reach the sky.
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780062073471
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1/2011
Considered one of the greatest mysteries of all time, Christie's masterpiece of murder and suspense is available in this newly packaged paperback. Ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, they die - and before the weekend is out, there will be none.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307388742
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Published: Vintage, 9/2009
From the author of "Maps for Lost Lovers" comes a new novel - at once lyrical and blistering - about war in modern times, told through the lives of five people who come together in post-9/11 Afghanistan.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780449912553
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Published: Ballantine Books, 9/1997
Emilio Sandoz, a brilliant Jesuit priest, seems like the perfect leader for the first expedition to an extraterrestrial culture. However, when Sandoz returns to Earth 20 years later as the mission's sole survivor, he is accused of unspeakable violence and depravity. Why? An extraordinary fiction debut, by paleoanthropologist Mary Doria Russell.
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143120391
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2/2012
Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, Boyle's powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale about endangered animals and those who protect them.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385343848
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 11/2011
Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht, the youngest of "The New Yorker's" 20 best American fiction writers under 40, spins a timeless novel about a young doctor who confronts the inexplicable circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death.
